Improvement in corset skirt-supporters



T. F. HAMILTON.

CORSET SKIRT-SUPPORTER.

No. 191,672. Patented June 5,1877.

NJ EIERS, PHDTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D C.

I device attached to corsets as a means of sup- UNITED STATES.

PATENT QFFIGE.

THOMAS F. HAMILTON, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORSET SKIRT-SUPPORTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 191,672. dated June 5, 1877; application filed April 21, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. HAMILTON, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Corset Skirt-Supporters; and I- do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a rear view of a portion of the corset with the supporter attached, and in Fig. 2 a transverse section.

This invention relates to an improvement in corset skirt-supporters-that is to say, a

porting the skirts. It consists in a supporter made in the form of a roll, combined with adjustable attachments at the rear of the corset, so that, as the corset is opened at the back to a greater or less extent, the attachments will be adjusted accordingly, all as more fully hereinafter described.

A is the supporter, which consists of a flexible roll of any suitable material, provided with straps B, by which it may be tied around the waist. C l) are the two parts of the back of the corset, laced together in the usual manner. Around the roll two loops, at b, are placed,

but so as to allow the supporter A to move longitudinally therein. These loops are attached one to each side of the corset, preferably by means of a hook, d.

In consequence of the loose attachment of the loops a b the adjustment of the corset at the back is admissible, and without interference from the supporter-that is to say, the back may be opened, as desired, the loops will move outward on the supporter A accordingly, and as indicated in broken lines, Fig. l, and will, therefore, hold the supporter at the same elevation, and without any adjustment of its attachments other than that which is automatically made as the back of the corset is opened or closed.

I do not wish to be understood as broadly claiming the attachment of a skirt-supporter to corsets, as such, I am aware, is not new; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the roll shaped supporter A, the loops at b,snrrounding said supporter, and attached, respectively, one to each part of the corset, substantially as described.

THOS. F. HAMILTON. 

